Gender
Stop looking for reasons not to be a feminist
January 18, 2016[dropcap]F[/dropcap]eminism is the F-word of 2016. I like to think that most people in this day and age are feminists — self-proclaimed or not. Yet a lot of people I encounter are very against this movement, and some are even offended by the word itself. “Oh no, I’m not a feminist!” they say in a hushed whisper, like I’ve just accused them of murdering their own family. The conversation will then suddenly shift, and then they’ll give me their “reasons” as to why they aren’t a feminist. And frankly, their reasons suck. Here’s a few I’ve encountered, in order of…
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Come at me, bros!
October 19, 2015A man’s ballsack is the perfect encapsulation of the incredibly sad irony that is conventional masculinity — it’s painfully sensitive, weak, and very easily crushed. Today, there are some fascinating characteristics ingrained in the typical male psyche. Along with a…
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Sadly, airports do not recognize gender sensitivity
September 28, 2015Last week, an issue was hastily slathered onto the news involving a trans woman’s troubles while she — Shadi Petosky — went through security at an airport in Florida. As she made her way through the full body scanner, labelled…
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My plea of support to the transgender community
July 26, 2015Caitlyn Jenner, in all her glory, recently accepted the ESPY Arthur Ashe Courage Award and delivered a powerful, important speech: it’s time to accept people for who they are. It is wrong for a citizen of a country to be…
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We need a gender mainstreamed Canada
June 22, 2015Many places in the United States and Europe are choosing to forego ancient gender norms by practicing what’s being called “gender mainstreaming.” This is a term established by the UN in 1995 as a global strategy to support gender equality.…
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Say “cheese” and embrace your femininity
May 11, 2015[caption id="attachment_2492" align="aligncenter" width="940"] Credit: Christopher Paquette (Flickr)[/caption] Orange is the New Black actress Laverne Cox has recently been under both praise and scrutiny from the media and feminist communities due to her recent nude photo shoot for Allure magazine.…
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Portrait of the Undergrad as a Young Man
October 6, 2014Think of the average college man: what does he look like? Is he the boozy, womanizing frat boy of films like Old School and Animal House? Is he the brazen college football star, whose ego is as artificially inflated as…
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